pasqualeamato

My guess would be that this photo was taken on board the liner George Washington, which arrived on October 28, 1912, bearing a number of operatic stars including the three baritones pictured, Antonio Scotti, Pasquale Amato, and William Hinshaw. An article about the event from the New York Times available at this link.

We'll add a subject note to the source catalog, with the caution of "probably" until more information turns up. Thanks!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Scotti

"Pasquale Amato (21 March 1878 – 12 August 1942) was an Italian operatic baritone. Amato enjoyed an international reputation but attained the peak of his fame in New York City, where he sang with the Metropolitan Opera from 1908 until 1921."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasquale_Amato

Other Bain photos of him:

Mario and Spartaco were his brothers sons (PS: thanks to Art Siegel), see The New York Times, December 21, 1913

Not his brothers, but his sons. According to information in the Times article, the older son Spartaco was born about 1901. He was married to Egeria Guerrera Amato. etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-11112009-092220/unrestrict... Mario, born about 1903, was still living in New York in 1943 when he had a scrape with the law. select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F6071FFF395C167B...

B-59 and artolog: Thanks for exploring the life of the Amato family so that we can expand the descriptive information in this record.

Pasquale Amato, who was appearing in La Boheme at the time.

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Thank you Seuss. and Art Siegel. We'll add this information to the catalog record.